Our Business Model — The Pharmaceutical Resource Organization (PRO)
How our model is also viewed as Business Process Outsourcing (BPO)
Requirments for being a BPO Provider
What is NOT Business Process Outsourcing in the Clinical Trial Industry and WHY
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What is NOT Business Process Outsourcing and WHY?

Challenges with Staffing Company Solutions
  • Piece-meal solution (regional monitoring, data management) without integration across functions
  • No true clinical expertise for support and process improvement
  • Heavy reliance on Sponsor for structure, implementation, and management
  • Not scalable, other than just adding headcount
  • No allowance for horizontal or vertical growth
  • Co-employment related issues exist
  • Lack of customization in the solution
Challenges with Contract Research Organization (CRO) Solutions
  • Limitation of staff expansion
  • High cost
  • High turnover
  • Fixed infrastructure cost associated with business model
  • Task-based resourcing
  • Lack of customization in the solution
Challenges with a Hybrid Staffing/CRO Solution
  • Fragmented services as a result of limited expertise in area
  • Decreased cost savings due to lack of appropriate business model
  • Limited scalability
  • Inadequate infrastructure
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